Title: get_current_screen return value
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# get_current_screen return value

 *  Resolved [dpik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpik/)
 * (@dpik)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_current_screen-return-value/)
 * Hi,
 * According to this page: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_current_screen](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_current_screen)
   the get_current_screen function can return NULL instead of an object.
 * Woocommerce-eu-vat-assistant does not validate the return value of that function
   and uses it directly. I faced that problem on the wysija (mailpoet) newsletter
   editor’s separator configuration (which calls /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wysija_campaigns&
   action=dividers&tab=dividers&emailId=3)
 * Regards, Damien
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-eu-vat-assistant/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-eu-vat-assistant/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Diego](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daigo75/)
 * (@daigo75)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_current_screen-return-value/#post-7030827)
 * That’s true. Minor issue (it rarely occurs in “normal” circumstances, other plugins
   may trigger it), but definitely worth fixing. Thanks for reporting it.
 *  Plugin Author [Diego](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daigo75/)
 * (@daigo75)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_current_screen-return-value/#post-7030829)
 * **Update**
    The improvement will be added in v1.6.2.160205.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get_current_screen-return-value/#post-7030829)
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